bubble

bubble
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noun
ADJECTIVE
air, gas, soap
little, tiny

The champagne was full of tiny bubbles.

VERB + BUBBLE
blow

The children were blowing bubbles.

burst, pop

They jumped around, bursting the bubbles.

BUBBLE + VERB
form

Soap bubbles formed on the surface.

burst, pop
float, rise
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verb
1 form bubbles
ADVERB
furiously

The water in the saucepan was bubbling furiously.

away, up

The soup was bubbling away on the stove.

2 feeling
ADVERB
to the surface

Emotions quickly bubble to the surface.

over, up

He was bubbling over with excitement.

PREPOSITION
inside

She could feel the anger bubbling up inside her.

with

The business was still small but I was bubbling with ideas.

Bubble is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑excitement, ↑pot, ↑spring

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